Washington Oct 2018
Day 1 Telling everyone we were off to Washington caused a few questions, but we were only travelling to the North East of England, not across the Atlantic! We were going to visit a museum that many ex NE residents seemed to have no knowledge of!! The North East Land, Sea and Air Museum (formerly the North East Aircraft Museum)is an aviation museum situated on the site of the former RAF Usworth and Sunderland Airport, at Washington. The museum also has collections of weaponry, vehicles, engines and other historical exhibits. Many of the exhibits are housed in a new hangar, much of the money for which was donated by members of the public. The museum has a collection of more than 30 aircraft - from passenger aircraft to training planes ... and a huge Vulcan. It is only when you are up close you realise just how big it is! The Military Vehicle Museum has a collection of military vehicles such as trucks and armored personnel carriers. There are also examples of emerge...